A.K. STODDART LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-30 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-10-16
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£302K
-31.9% vs 2023
Net assets
£5M
-29.6% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
209
+3.5% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£2M
-444.1% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
3-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-11-26 | 2023-11-25 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £57,421,155 | £61,472,044 | £75,765,000 | |
| Operating profit | £854,392 | £24,955 | -£1,576,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £684,242 | -£396,281 | -£2,156,000 | |
| Net profit | — | -£396,000 | -£2,213,000 | |
| Cash | £209,958 | £443,571 | £302,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £8,868,179 | £8,265,622 | £5,404,000 | |
| Net assets | £7,878,551 | £7,482,270 | £5,269,000 | |
| Equity | £7,878,551 | £7,482,270 | £5,269,000 | |
| Average employees | 205 | 202 | 209 | |
| Wages | £5,339,797 | £5,231,213 | £6,416,000 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £416,000 | £415,000 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-11-25
-
Turnover
+23.3%
£61,472,044 £75,765,000
highest in 3 filed years
-
Cash
-31.9%
£443,571 £302,000
-
Net assets
-29.6%
£7,482,270 £5,269,000
lowest in 3 filed years
-
Employees
+3.5%
202 209
highest in 3 filed years
-
Operating profit
-6,415.4%
£24,955 -£1,576,000
lowest in 3 filed years
-
Profit before tax
-444.1%
-£396,281 -£2,156,000
lowest in 3 filed years
-
Wages
+22.6%
£5,231,213 £6,416,000
highest in 3 filed years
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2022-11-26 | 2023-11-25 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 1.5% | 0.0% | -2.1% | |
| Net margin | — | -0.6% | -2.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 9.6% | 0.3% | -29.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 58.2% | 69.2% | |
| Current ratio | — | 1.80x | 1.42x | |
| Interest cover | 5.02x | 0.06x | -2.72x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Johnston Carmichael LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have prepared financial forecasts for a period of at least 12 months from the date of signing to take account of these factors and, based on these forecasts and the cash reserves of the Company, believe that the Company will continue to meet its liabilities as they fall due. The financial statements have therefore been prepared on a going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “During the financial period, Browns Food Group became one of the principle shareholders in A K Stoddart Limited, creating Scotland's largest privately-owned Scottish based meat processing business.”
- “In the wider industry, the closure of Scotbeef during the period marked a significant shift, leaving A K Stoddart as the last remaining privately-owned Scotch meat processor of scale.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 18 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FANCOURT, Julie | Director | 2022-04-06 | Dec 1975 | British |
| GODFREY, Wayne | Director | 2024-05-31 | Oct 1971 | British |
| MOIR, Grant Ronald | Director | 2015-11-09 | May 1965 | British |
| WOOD, Thomas | Director | 2024-05-31 | Sep 1964 | British |
Show 18 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BLACKWOOD, William | Secretary | 2004-10-11 | 2006-06-17 |
| DUNDAS, Martin William | Secretary | 2006-10-09 | 2016-04-22 |
| KNOWLES, Robert Bernard | Secretary | — | 1992-11-01 |
| STODDART, Keith David | Secretary | 1992-11-01 | 1997-10-01 |
| STODDART, Neil Laurie | Secretary | 2006-06-17 | 2006-10-09 |
| STODDART, Neil Laurie | Secretary | 2000-08-18 | 2004-10-13 |
| TASKER, Douglas James | Secretary | 1997-10-01 | 2000-08-18 |
| CARR, Jeremy Peter | Director | 2015-11-09 | 2015-12-02 |
| CHRISTIAANSE, Anthony Martin | Director | 2015-11-09 | 2024-05-31 |
| CRAIG, John King | Director | 1995-02-01 | 2014-06-24 |
| DUNDAS, Martin William | Director | 2010-08-10 | 2016-04-22 |
| HUSBAND, Lucy Anne | Director | 2007-08-01 | 2018-01-03 |
| STODDART, Keith David | Director | 1994-10-04 | 1999-05-28 |
| STODDART, Laurie William | Director | — | 1994-08-01 |
| STODDART, Lyndsey Susan | Director | 2006-05-21 | 2015-11-09 |
| STODDART, Margaret Kathleen | Director | — | 1989-12-01 |
| STODDART, Neil Laurie | Director | — | 2016-11-15 |
| WRIGHT, Colin Vincent | Director | 2015-11-09 | 2015-12-02 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manifesto Foods Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-14 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 161 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-14 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous extended | |
| 2024-10-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-11-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-10-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-04-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-11-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-12-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-09-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-10-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-08-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2018-10-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.